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These are the combat robots (and battle ring) Hive76 built in a weekend

Over the weekend, Dan Provenzano and the crew at Hive76 fused mini-Dewalt saws, toy car wheels, kitchen pans, and remote control airplane motors to concoct a half dozen combat robots. You know, just a lazy couple of days building killer robots.

Over the weekend, Dan Provenzano and the crew at Hive76 fused mini-Dewalt saws, toy car wheels, kitchen pans, and remote control airplane motors to concoct a half dozen combat robots.

You know, just a lazy couple of days building killer robots.

Their work was all in preparation for the hackerspace’s Combat Robotics Demo Night, held Tuesday at their headquarters in their largely artist-inhabited loft studio at 9th and Spring Garden in Callowhill. The combat robots are just one in a collection of cool toys always springing up from their hobbyist members.

“The sport is so new we had to adapt parts from other fields and combine sets,” says Provenzano.

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Hive76 member and robot enthusiast Brendan Schrader showing off his combat robots to one of the many young attendees at the hackerspace’s open house robot night.

The demo night was a primer for a class Hive76 plans to host later this summer on how to build the machines. In addition, Hive76 will host a music hack night on Thursday as a part of Philly Tech Week.

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